AgroMix Ozarks Fails To Deliver
FairCityNews.com | Jan 13, 2011 | Comments 0
Nixa, MO—It seemed like the perfect business plan in the red-hot social media boom, but a Nixa man’s agriculture-themed photo sharing site folded today, mere hours after its initial public offering failed to draw a single investor. “She’s as stillborn as a two-headed calf,” bemoaned LarryEarl Smith, founder and creator of the now defunct AgroMix social media network.
Smith based his business model on similar sites that have enjoyed sustained success in drawing visitors and advertising revenue. Unlike those sites, which feature photos of hip, young metropolitan city-dwellers enjoying Springfield’s nightlife — often in scant or racy attire — Smith’s site took visitors well outside the city limits. “Not everyone enjoys pictures of young, thin college girls with all their teeth,” Smith explained.
Sample photo collections on AgroMix included such topics as “Milkmaids of Marshfield,” “Babes of Bois D’Arc” and the highly anticipated “2011 Christian County Tractor and Lingerie Collection”. “He was simply trying to tap into the rural market,” said Ray Don Cheeter, a cousin of Smith’s who said he seriously considered investing in the project. “I’d have done it, too, but the MegaMillions got up to $315 million that same week, and I ended up investing my money there instead. I mean, I’ve got my retirement to think of,” Cheeter said.
Cheeter said his cousin may have simply overestimated the demand for another social media site. “I’m not even sure they can get Internet service in Bois D’Arc, other than sattelite — and hell, you may as well paint your bass boat gold for what you pay for that — and I told him that,” Cheeter said.
Smith says he remains undeterred, and is considering moving his operations to the Branson area. “I think with a little tweaking, this could still work to fit a Branson audience,” Smith said. “I even purchased the domain name today, so look for BlueHairMix.net.”
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